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1) Wilma unlimited: how Wilma Rudolph became the world's fastest woman

Author

Krull, Kathleen

Pub. Date

[1996]

Language

English

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Black History Month - Children
Disability Pride Month - Children
Storytime @ Home: Summer Olympics
Women's History - Children

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A biography of the African-American woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics.

2) Wilma Rudolph

Author

Vegara, Maria Isabel Sanchez

Series

Little people, big dreams
Little people big dreams

Language

English

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Black History Month - Children
Disability Pride Month - Children
Storytime @ Home: Summer Olympics
Women's History - Children

Formats

Book, eBook

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"Wilma was born into a family with 22 brothers and sisters, in the segregated South. She contracted polio in her early years and her doctors said she would never walk again. But Wilma persisted with treatment, and she recovered her strength by the age of 12. At school, Wilma showed a talent for basketball and sprinting, earning the nickname "Skeeter" (mosquito) as she ran so fast. Wilma was in college when she went to the 1960 Olympics. She not only...

3) The quickest kid in Clarksville

Author

Miller, Pat Zietlow

Language

English

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Black History Month - Children
Disability Pride Month - Children
Storytime @ Home: Exercise
Storytime @ Home: Summer Olympics

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook

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Growing up in the segregated town of Clarksville, Tennessee, in the 1960s, Alta's family cannot afford to buy her new sneakers--but she still plans to attend the parade celebrating her hero Wilma Rudolph's three Olympic gold medals.